Insect-beater.



Ir'. R. IVIAGUIRE.

INSECT BEATER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I3, 1914.

1,150,690., Patented Aug. 17,1915.

' or other flat FORREST MAGUIREAOF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, .ASSIGNOR,l BYIJIBECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO MAGUIRE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH,

PENNSYLVANIA.

INsEcT-BEATER.

vspecificati ers Patent. l Patented Allg. il?, 1915 Application ined november 13, 1914. serial No.' 872,055.

T0 all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FoRREs'r R. MAGUIRE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insect-Heaters, of which the following is 'a specification.

My invention consists of an improvement in what is known in the art as a"-fly swatter.

rBhe device, as its name implies, is intendcd .for the purpose of destroying flies or other insects by striking them against a wall surface. Ordinarily, such devices consist of a handle with an ovallshaped lat racket-shaped beater of thin light material rigidly connected with the handle, and used in the manner indicated.

y invention is designed to provide a .device of this character in which the beater or swatting element is pivotally connected to the end of the handle, and so constructed as to provide a lever extension beyond its pivotal joint adapted to be brought into contact with the wallor ceiling surface, so as Ito effect thrusting' of the flat face of the beater directly and truly upon the flat surface and against the insect thereon.

One preferred construction of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l illustrates the device in sectional -elevation, partly broken away, and in position to operate against a wall surface. Fig. 2 is a rear view of'the device in elevation. Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view, showing the beater erected longitudinally of the handle. Fig. 4 is an edge view of Fi'g. 3 in elevation. Fig. 5 is a cross sectional detail View, on the line V. V. of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings', the handle 2, which may be of any suitable material, and of vany desired length, is provided with a pivotal mounting 3 at its operating end, as bv means of a pin or rivet extending through l the yhandle from side to side closely adjacent to its outer end, as shown. The beater, indicated generally by the letter B, is of any suitable form as to contour,

z. e., round or oval, and soconstructed as to present a broad, flat, somewhat resilient lsurface as to its middle portion, within a surrounding comparatively rigid frame. As shown, the beater is formed of a loop 'of wire l, bowedA around to form an outer frame,

embrace the handle 2 ing 3 rearwardly beyond the same a suflil.erected position,

yforward movement of the handle brought together at 5, and connected by its terminals 6, preferably slightly diverging, with the turned edges of a. sheet metal frame Said frame is ,rounded semi-cylindrically, or otherwise, to form a longitudinal central double-sided extension, adapted to at its pivotal mountcient distance to rovide a lever extension 8, having the doullile sides a, a. Said lever extension is preferably provided with .laterally extended somewhat inwardly disposed clamping ears or lugs 9, adapted to embrace beyond the maximum diameter of the handle 2, and to somewhat firmly hold the beater in as in Figs. 3 and 4. At its rear termlnal, the lever extension 8 is preferably provided with a slightly rounded bearing terminal 10 ada ted to ,bear against the wall surface, as in ig.`1.

For the purpose of supporting the beater at a` suitable angleupon the end of the handle 2, preparatory to utilizing it, I provide a bearing abutment '11 of any suitable construction, but preferably by means of a partly slitted tongue or tang formed of the sheet metal of the framev'7 itself, which is 4 handle.- The beater itself is providedwith any suitable "web or body?)v of wire mesh or f other material, which may be connected with the wire frame 4 by any means, as a surrounding binding 12 of fabric or other suitable material stitched, glued, or otherwise secured to hold the web in position, and with relation to the frame.

Various forms or constructions `of the beater itself may be utilized, and I do not desire to be specifically limited to the construction illustrated. y

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description. The beater being loosened as to ears 9 from the handle, is thrown back at the angle shown lation to the handle and advanced toward the wall, ceiling or other surface, and the termina-l 10 coming into contact therewith, thrusts the beater at accelerated speed in the direction of the arrow (Fig. 1) flatly against the wall and the insect thereon.

The leverage exerted by the handle tends to greatly accelerate the speed, while the powith reend.

sition of the beater itself as to meeting the wall iiatwise is insured by proper positioning of the handle in operation.

If desired, the beater may be erected, as shown in the enlarged figures, and used in the ordinary Way upon a table or floor surface, and its range of efficiency is thus very considerably increased.

It will be understood that the device may be changed or varied in detail construction or otherwise by the skilled mechanic, but that all such changes are to be considered as Within the scope of the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. An insect beater consisting of ia handle and a iat beating element having a longitudinal central double sided extension forming a. continuation of 'the beating element in the same general vplane thereof pivotally mounted on the extreme end of the handle and closely embracing and covering said 2. An insect beater' consisting of a handle and a flat beating element having a longitudinal central double sided extension forming a continuation of the beating element in the same general plane thereof pivotally mounted on the extreme end of the handle, closely embracing and covering said end and provided with a movement limiting abutment adapted to engage the handle adjacentto said pivotal mounting.

3. An insect beater consisting of a handle and a flat beating element having a longitudinal central double sided extension forming a continuation of the beating element in the same general plane thereof pivotally mounted on the extreme end of the. handle, closely embracing and. covering said end and extendin beyond said pivotal mounting and forming a lever.

4.- An insect beater consisting of a handle and a flat beating element having a longitudinal central double sided extension forming a continuation of the beating element in the same general plane thereof, said extension being bent inwardly at the sides U-form in cross section and pivotally mounted on and closely embracing the eX- treme end of the handle and extending bee vond said pivotal mounting and forming a lever.

5. An insect beater consisting of a handle and a fiat beating element having a longitudinal central extenslon forming a continuation of the beating element in the same general plane thereof, said extension being bent inwardly at the sides and pivotally tending beyond said pivotalmounting and forming a-lever and having handle 'embracing clips and a terminal rounded bearing.

7. The combination with a supporting handle, of a beater frame offcurved sheet metal formed to embrace the handle and pivoted to the end thereof, extending at one side of such pivotal mounting and formed into a lever terminal, and at the other side of-said mounting having a fiat beater element incorporated therewith and extending vlongitudinally in the general `plane of the beater frame.

8. The combination with a supporting handle, of a beater frame of curved sheet metal formed to embrace the handle and pivoted to the end thereof, extending at one side of such pivotal mounting and formed into a handle-embracing lever terminal, and at the other side of said mounting having an extended straight fiat beater element, and a movement limiting abutment extending laterally from said frame adjacent the pivotal mounting adapted to engage the handle to support the beater at an angle thereto.

9. In an insect beater of the class described, the combination with a handle, of a flat beating element having a vlongitudinal central sheet metal extension forming a continuation of the beating element in the same general plane thereof pivotally mounted on the extreme end of the handle and FoRREsT R. MAGUIRE.

Vv'itnesses 'W. A. HECKMAN,

FREDK. STAUB. 

